RPAGF Chapter 234 Trouble arises
Chapter 234 Trouble arises
Wen Xinghong understood that it was not easy to accuse the Jia family of disrespect.
His little calculations were working well: as long as he could take advantage of the opportunity to suppress the arrogance of those nobles, he would be satisfied.
He muttered a few words to the eunuch who came forward, and after the eunuch left, he loudly requested the emperor: "The reward record presented by this humble minister is only a copy. Please send an eunuch to fetch the original."
"Alright." The emperor paused for a moment, then turned to the side and ordered, "Jiang Yuanyuan, go surround the Jia family."
When Dai Quan heard this, he immediately said, "Your Majesty, it would be inappropriate to rashly surround the Duke's mansion based on only the one-sided statement of Censor Wen."
"We are just surrounding it to prevent the people inside from getting wind of it and destroying the evidence. We are not confiscating the property, so why are you panicking?" Seeing Jiang Yuanyuan standing still, the emperor added, "Catch the managers of the warehouses and interrogate them."
"Yes!"
Jiang Yuanyuan, also known as the Jinyiwei deputy commander and concurrently the governor of the Eastern Office, took the order and left.
The emperor glanced at the courtiers in the corridor again and said calmly, "Continue to report."
The officials below were stunned at first, but someone immediately reacted and stepped forward with a memorial: "I have a copy..."
People kept coming forward to discuss the matter, but no one spoke for Jia She and Jia Zheng. The two people kneeling there seemed to have become transparent air and were completely ignored.
When Daiyu woke up in the morning that day, she felt uneasy and had a feeling that something big was about to happen.
When she saw Bai Shao come in and nodded to her solemnly, Daiyu understood that the day she had been waiting for had finally come.
After breakfast, Shi Xiangyun was in high spirits and planned to go to the front yard to play with Jia Baoyu, but was stopped by Daiyu: "Sister Yun, you should stay in the yard today!"
"Why?"
Daiyu couldn't tell him directly, so she could only make up a story: "I heard the maids talking privately that there will be a male guest coming to the front yard today, so you'd better not go."
When Shi Xiangyun heard this, she pouted and looked dejected.
Yingchun came over to smooth things over: "Sister Yun, we haven't done embroidery together for a long time. I'm afraid Sister Yun has even forgotten how to hold the needle!"
"How is that possible!" Shi Xiangyun's attention quickly shifted to the embroidery. She immediately turned around and ran back to her room to get the embroidery frame.
Although Shi Xiangyun was quickly fooled, Yingchun was obviously not so easy to deal with.
"Is there something going on today? I feel like you're hiding something from us."
Daiyu's frown relaxed and she smiled, "Don't worry, nothing will happen to you. I won't let anything happen to you."
Yingchun looked at the expression on Daiyu's face and began to feel a little uneasy: "If you don't tell me, I won't be at ease."
Daiyu thought about it and felt that what she said made sense, so she briefly mentioned the possibility that Jia She and Jia Zheng might be impeached.
Of course, she didn't mention her own role in it.
"They brought this upon themselves!" Yingchun sneered after hearing this and then asked, "Do you have anything else to arrange?"
"Yes, I have to send someone out to get information. Do you have anything you need to send?"
Yingchun thought about it and wrote a small note: "Please give it to the owner of Menghua Restaurant."
"Do we need to be so polite to each other?" Daiyu smiled playfully.
The tense atmosphere in the room due to the impending storm also relaxed a lot.
Daiyu whispered a few words to Bai Shao and handed her the note, reminding her: "Remember! Unless I send the message myself, the brothers around here should not act on their own!"
Bai Shao understood what she was about to face, and while she was still able to enter and leave the mansion freely, she quickly left Lixiangyuan.
She first arranged for people to deliver enough vegetables to Lixiangyuan for five days, and then withdrew all the troops stationed in the back street back to Lin Mansion. Even she herself would not return to Lixiangyuan until there was news from Daiyu.
Daiyu found Nanny Gu and told her the news that Bai Shao received outside.
Her brows knitted unconsciously: "This matter can be big or small!"
"At the moment, it seems that nothing will happen. But I don't know how long this storm will last, and whether it will delay our departure plan."
Nanny Gu patted Daiyu on the shoulder gently and said angrily, "It's already this time, and you're still thinking about leaving!"
Daiyu pretended to be relaxed and said, "Mammy, please don't worry! The old concubine is still in Daming Palace! I guess my two uncles will suffer a little, but at most they will be demoted, but their lives will definitely not be in danger."
Having said that, Daiyu suddenly remembered that she had made some preparations, and her sisters were detained in Lixiang Courtyard, which was relatively safe. But Jia Mu and Wang Xifeng were not mentally prepared for what was to come.
Thinking of this, Daiyu no longer cared to continue chatting with Nanny Gu: "Mammy, I'm worried that soldiers will enter the inner courtyard soon. You go to the gate of the courtyard and take charge, and then let Nanny Liao come to the courtyard to guard Tanchun and the others!"
After saying that, she hurried out and called Qinghe and Xueyan.
Daiyu took out a snuff bottle-sized bottle from her bosom, handed it to Xueyan, and told her: "Take the headband I made and send it to your grandmother, and then go to her yard to chat with Hubo.
If anything happens to grandma, you should take advantage of the chaos to give her this tonic. You have a great responsibility, remember?"
Xueyan held the small bottle tightly and promised solemnly: "I will definitely live up to your trust!"
After watching them leave, Daiyu still felt uneasy, so she sent Lan Rui out again to ask her to pick up Yu Ziru.
Hope everything will catch up!
Although she knew that it was useless to be anxious at the moment, Daiyu couldn't help but think wildly, secretly blaming herself for using such radical means to achieve her goal. Once the situation got out of control, the Lin family might be involved, and the consequences would be disastrous.
When Yingchun saw Daiyu coming back, she was so anxious that she paced back and forth. She couldn't help but hold her hand and comforted her, "This matter is not your fault. Even if it doesn't happen today, it will happen someday in the future. Maybe if we investigate it now, the Jia family may live a better life than originally planned."
When Daiyu heard this, her mind suddenly became clear.
Yes! Later, the Jia family also experienced the disaster of property confiscation. At that time, the Jia family had been emptied out, but now at least some of the family assets are still there.
If we start to maintain the status quo from now on, perhaps we can buy the Jia family a chance to breathe.
Thinking of this, Daiyu felt much more relaxed. She hugged Yingchun and said coquettishly, "My dear sister, I can't bear to leave you!"
Yingchun poked her forehead with a smile and said jokingly, "Don't give me that! Don't think I don't know that you have secretly made a lot of riding clothes recently!"